Chrysler’s new ad men are doing a bang-up job. And no, I don’t care that the cars in the ad were actually made in Canada.
Posts Tagged ‘cars’
Giving birth while driving, now that is distracting
From the Detroit Free Press:
Amanda McBride went into labor last week as she was on her way to North County Regional Hospital, the Bemidji Pioneer reported.
General Motors said Wednesday that it would give a year’s supply of diapers to the Minnesota woman who delivered a baby while driving a Chevy car.
She was driving a red 2005 Chevrolet [...]
And you thought it was all your driving that was causing climate change
Turns out, it is Chinese mine fires.
Via Marginal Revolution:
China alone loses between 100 million and 200 million tons of coal each year to mine fires, as much as 20 percent of their annual production, according to the International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, based in Enschede, Netherlands. The Institute estimates that carbon dioxide emissions [...]
They give out Pulitzer Prizes for this? [distracted driving]
Earlier this week the 2009 Pulitzer Prizes were awarded. The New York Times and Matt Richtel took home the National Reporting prize for their Distracted Driving series which openly campaign for banning the use of cell phones in cars.
This particular series relies almost exclusively on tragic anecdotes and technophobic scaremongering. The data presented in the [...]
This rest area brought to you by Nike [naming rights]
We sell the naming rights to sports stadiums, parks and even potholes. So why not sell the naming rights to highway rest areas? That is precisely what New Jersey is considering doing.
Facing a crippling budget deficit and strong public opposition to closing highway rest areas, the New Jersey legislature is considering selling the naming rights of them to big corporations. I guess the [...]
Will the safety experts call for a bumper sticker ban now? [distracted driving]
Trying to read a bumper sticker on another car can be distracting for many of us. And it can be especially dangerous if you tailgate the car in order to get a better view of the sticker.
But for some people, seeing a simple Obama-Biden sticker is enough to send them into a mad rage and deliberately cause [...]
Michigan Senate votes to make texting while driving a primary offense [distracted driving]
While they can’t find the time to balance the state budget, qualify for $800 million in federal road funds, or reform the state’s broken tax structure, the Michigan State Senate did find time today to pass sweeping legislation criminalizing the use of cell phones in cars. This is apparently a pressing issue—despite the fact that [...]
Chicken Little Safety Experts [cartoon]
An excellent editorial cartoon from last Sunday’s Detroit News.
Necessity is the mother of invention (and hoaxes)
The other day I asked if the Prius sudden acceleration hoax in California might actually be the greatest negative campaign stunt in American history.
Well, the folks over at Jalopnik have been digging into the story and it turns out the guy who owned the car was $750k in debt and might have been behind on [...]
Now the New York Times says EMS computers are dangerous [distracted driving]
First they wanted to ban texting while driving.
Then they said talking on a cell phone is distracting to drivers as well.
Then they informed us that using a hands-free phone is also dangerous, because the conversation itself can be distracting to a driver.
Then they vilified cell phone companies for inventing and promoting the product in the first place.
Then [...]
